Luxury Lifestyles in Tokyo

A developer in Tokyo creates a luxury lifestyle to match high-end accommodations

Feb. 14, 2013 2:42 p.m. ET

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Mori Building Co.'s ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower is nestled in a quiet residential and commercial area in central Tokyo close to the U.S. Embassy and the luxury Hotel Okura Tokyo.
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Hideto Oba, an executive in Mori Building Co.'s residential division, says the separate lobby to the residences in the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower is one of his favorite features. 'The second you go in, you feel like you can live a luxurious life right in the middle of the city.'
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Mori Building Co. designed the spacious living rooms at the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Residence specifically with an international clientele in mind. About half of all of Mori's renters are foreign.
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The living room in this four-bedroom suite looks out on the Tokyo skyline from the 23rd floor of the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower.
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Mori Building Co. makes sure its numerous non-Japanese residents feel right at home with the latest high-end kitchen appliances like Viking refrigerators and Miele dishwashers.
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The ARK Hills Sengokuyama Residence apartments are stocked with features for residents who entertain often, like this dining room that can seat eight.
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The master bedroom in a four-bedroom apartment at the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Residence has nearly nine-foot-high ceilings, two walk-in closets and a balcony.
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Residents at the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Residence can reserve the 25th-floor view lounge. To make entertaining easier, the lounge also has two kitchens.
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The ARK Hills Sengokuyama Residence is a two-minute walk from the Kamiyacho subway station in central Tokyo where small restaurants and shops like this vegetable stall still line the streets.
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The building's developer, Mori Building Co., spends years securing land rights from smaller owners for its projects, like in the neighborhood around the ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower.
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Though the Sengokuyama Residence is only a few minutes' walk from the bustling Roppongi district, the immediate vicinity is full of pockets of quiet like this shrine.
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The ARK Hills Sengokuyama Mori Tower at night shines next to Tokyo Tower, the city's answer to the Eiffel Tower.
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